Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Sunrise

Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska--areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can't tolerate.

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Thousands of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) roost on the Platte River during their annual migratory stopover at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary near Gibbon, NE. With water in the river fully appropriated for urban areas and agriculture, many wonder how long it will be until the river runs dry. Some 600,000 to 800,000 cranes use just a few miles of the river in central Nebraska–areas that have been been mechanically cleared of the woody vegetation that the birds can’t tolerate.

Photo: Aerial of the marshlands that have literally been cut to pieces by pipeline canals and shipping channels that have been put in by the oil industry over the years.

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Aerial of the marshlands that have literally been cut to pieces by pipeline canals and shipping channels that have been put in by the oil industry over the years. Such huge canals have allowed saltwater to intrude, killing off the marsh and eliminating its resistance to catastrophic events in the Gulf such as storms, and now, oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon.

A pair of white tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) crossing a snow-covered plain at sunrise.

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A pair of white tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) crossing a snow-covered plain at sunrise.

Photo: A sunrise along the southern coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A sunrise along the southern coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: An imperial cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) on the water at sunrise around the town of Ushuaia on the Argentinian mainland.

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An imperial cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) on the water at sunrise around the town of Ushuaia on the Argentinian mainland.

Photo: Pantanieros (cowboys) on horseback in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Pantanieros (cowboys) on horseback in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A van crosses a rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A van crosses a rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

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Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

Picture of a Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) flock near J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota.

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Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) flock near J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota.

Photo: The range on the outskirts of the Cabeza Prieta NWR in Arizona, shown at sunrise.

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The range on the outskirts of the Cabeza Prieta NWR in Arizona, shown at sunrise.

Photo: A flock of migrating Sandhill cranes at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska.

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A flock of migrating Sandhill cranes at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska.

Photo: Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

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Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

Photo: Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

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Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

Photo: Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

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Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

Photo: Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

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Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

Photo: Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

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Birds fly around a lighthouse at sunrise at Petit Manan NWR in Maine.

Photo: Fishing poles stretch skyward from a boat in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida's Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

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Fishing poles stretch skyward from a boat in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida’s Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

Photo: Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida's Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

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Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida’s Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

Photo: Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida's Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

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Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida’s Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

Photo: Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida's Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

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Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida’s Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

Photo: Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida's Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

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Fisherman (name available upon request) in the 10,000 Islands area of Florida’s Everglades National Park, near Naples, FL.

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